Nicholas Bell

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Los Angeles based Nicholas Bell is IONCINEMA.com's Chief Film Critic and covers film festivals such as Sundance, Berlin, Cannes and TIFF. He is part of the critic groups on Rotten Tomatoes, The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), FIPRESCI, the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) and GALECA. His top 3 for 2023: The Beast (Bonello) Poor Things (Lanthimos), Master Gardener (Schrader). He was a jury member at the 2019 Cleveland International Film Festival.

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Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #100. Rachid Bouchareb’s La route des lacs

La route des lacs (Road to Istanbul) Director: Rachid Bouchareb Writers: Rachid Bouchareb, Zoe Galeron, Yasmina Khadra, Olivier Lorelle Franco-Algerian director Rachid Bouchareb continues a prolific shooting...

Our Top 25 Most Anticipated Studio Films: Villeneuve’s Story of Your Life Leads Class of 2016

Auteurs working within the confines of the studio system tend to disappoint, though we try to keep hope alive by anticipating the best for...

Lamb | Review

Strangers With Cabins : Partridge’s Uncomfortable Sophomore Film Returning behind the camera for the first time since his 2000 debut indie film Interstate 84, actor...

Chimes at Midnight (1965) | Review

Sweet Creature of Bombast: Welles’ Restored Homage to Shakespeare’s Ultimate Clown Before the world finally gets a chance to see Orson Welles’ last uncompleted film...

Yosemite | Review

Palo Alto 2: Demeestere Crafts Franco’s Prose for Portrait of Preadolescent Angst Director Gabrielle Demeestere adapts James Franco’s A California Childhood for her directorial debut,...

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Interview: Hédi Zardi Atlas Workshop – 2026 Marrakech Film Festival

The Atlas Workshops provide artistic and professional support to...

Possible Love | Review

Blue is the Warmest Collar: Chang-dong Prepares a Touch...

Lee Chang-dong – Possible Love

For his seventh feature film, Korean master filmmaker Lee...

Interview: Travis Knight – Wildwood

Among those that play the long game we could...
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